Definitions for feared

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feared feared

Spelling: [feerd]

IPA: /fɪərd/

Feared is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in feared (adeefr).

Definitions for feared

noun

1. a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm. Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
2. a specific instance of or propensity for such a feeling: Synonyms: phobia, aversion; bête noire, bogy, bogey, bugbear. Antonyms: liking, fondness, penchant, predilection.
3. concern or anxiety; solicitude:
4. reverential awe, especially toward God: Synonyms: awe, respect, reverence, veneration.
5. something that causes feelings of dread or apprehension; something a person is afraid of:
6. anticipation of the possibility that something unpleasant will occur:

Idioms

1. for fear of / that, in order to prevent or avoid the risk of:
2. put the fear of God in / into, to cause to be greatly afraid.

adjective

1. afraid; afeard.

verb (used with object)

1. to regard with fear; be afraid of. Synonyms: apprehend, dread.
2. to have reverential awe of. Synonyms: revere, venerate, honor.
3. to consider or anticipate (something unpleasant) with a feeling of dread or alarm:
4. Archaic. to experience fear in (oneself):

verb (used without object)

1. to have fear; be afraid:
2. to feel apprehensive or uneasy (usually followed by for):

Origin of feared

aphetic form of afeard

Examples for feared

These shrinking hairs, they feared not death, but they seemed to fear Malbone.

However, as she feared, The Bell Jar appeared to indifferent notices and the launch—which Ted attended—was rather low-key.

He feared the police might go on strike and join the protestors.

After charging at the officer, the teen was sadly but subsequently killed by the officer who feared for his life.

I knew by the way the girl stopped crying that she both knew and feared him.

In prison and on the streets they are one of the most feared gangs in America.

She had feared he might rush his proposal through that night; he had been so much in earnest.

He feared now she meant to lose it irrevocably through remarriage.

I feared rough usage at the railroad, and rougher associations.

I thought about the mother, her fear of the dark, of the harm she feared might come to her daughters.